Demathtifying Demystifying Mathematics by Ilan Samson - January 31, 2004

QED Books, January 31, 2004. New. Mathematics in schools is in crisis Fewer and fewer higher level students, fewer and fewer teachers, fewer and fewer inspired students and the spiral will continue As a man whose living is made solving problems, Ilan Samson is worried So he has produced a key part of the solution: a readable text on mathematics His contention is straightforward: People are afraid of mathematics not because they cannot do it but because they were given instructions without their reasons These reasons are simple Demathtifying is where you will find them